Transformable cover coat and trousers



Jan. 19,1926. 1,570,227

L. M. BRAINIE TRANSFORMABLE covnn COAT AND TROUSERS Filed May 21, 192.;

Patented Jan. 19, 1926.

UNITED STATES LAWRENCE M. BEAINIE, 0F FELLOWS; CALIFORNIA.

TRANSFORMABLE COVER COAT AND TROUSERS.

Application filed May 21,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE M. BRAINIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fellows, in the county of Kern and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Transformable Cover Coats and Trousers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a transformable cover coat and trousers and consists of the novel features herein shown, described and claimed.

An object is to make a device which may be transformed into a perfectly good cover coat or overcoat and which maybe readily transformed into a cover coat and trousers so as to protect the regular clothes of an operator or wearer, and especially intended for emergency work.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the drawings and specification.

The drawings illustrate a transformable cover coat and trousers embodying the principles of my invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device made up as a cover coat.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device spread out to show the construction.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the cover coat shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the device transformed into a cover coat and trousers.

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 4.

The details of construction of the improved transformable cover coat and trousers shown in the drawings are as follows: The device is made up of two principal body pieces 1 and 2' secured together by a vertical seam 3 extending from below the waistline or at about the crotch to the top. The body pieces 1 and 2 from this point below the waistline or about the crotch downwardly are separated. Each body piece has a flap associated with it, which extends materially across the center line at the back of the garment. The body piece 1 has the flap 5 shown as being substantially rectangular inform and which has a top edge unsecured, extending materially across the center line of the garment and being positioned against the inside of the body piece 2. In a similar manner the body piece 2 has the rectangular flap 6 extending materially across the center line of the hack .of the garment, and which 1924. Serial No. 714,819.

is positioned against the outside or theback side of the body piece 1 (see Figs. 2 and 3).

On the inside of the body piece 2 at about its center there are arranged male fastener parts 7 which in some forms of construction may be a conventional type of ball fastener, or in other types of construction may be an ordinary button. Similar male fastener parts are secured on the outside of the body piece 1 at about its center. These are indicated by the reference character 8. On the inside of both of the body pieces adjacent their forward edges there are arranged male fastener parts 9 and 10 respectively, which may be the ball fasteners or buttons, if desired, as previously stated. Adjacent the side edges of the flaps 5 and 6 there are formed apertures which are indicated at 13 and 14 respectively. In using the metallic ball fasteners, these apertures are defined by suitable grommets, and in using buttons the ap-' ertures are merely button holes. In this manner the apertures formed either by the grommets or the button holes provide female fastening elements complementary to the male'fastening parts 7, 8, 9 and 10. In the position shown in Fig. 2 the male fastening elements 8 mounted on the outside of the body piece 1 are inserted into the apertures 14 from the inside or forward side of these apertures. In a similar manner the male fastening elements 7 on the inside of the body piece 2 are inserted into the apertures 13 from the rearward side thereof.

In order to form a trouser construction, the flaps 5 and 6 are detached from the male fastener parts 7 and 8 and are swung forwardly into the position shown in Fig. 4, in which position the apertures 13 receive the male fastener parts 9 and the apertures 14 receive the male fastener parts 10. It will be noted. that the fastening parts 9 enter the apertures 13 from the same sides that the fastener parts 7 enter them, but the fastener parts 10 enter the apertures 14 from the opposite sides or in an opposite direction in which the male fastener parts 8 enter them. In this manner the trouser legs 11 and 12 are formed, providing a neat and attractive garment. If desired, suitable fastening elements, such as buttons and button holes or ball fastener members and grommets may be mounted upon the forward edges of the body pieces 1 and 2 above the waistline adapted to fasten the upper portions of the forward edges of the body pieces together, as shown in Fig. 1, when the garment is in cover coat position or in trousers forming position.

Various changes may be made Without departing from the spirit of my invention as claimed.

1 claim:

A transformable cover coat and trousers comprising a cover coat construction formed of two principal body pieces which are connected together at the center of the back from a point below the waistline up and which are separated from the mentioned point down to the bottom, said body pieces having flaps extending a considerable distance across the center line of the back, the upper edges of the flaps being free or unsecured, fastening means for fastening the side edge of each flap to the opposite body piece in forming a cover coat, and fastening means arranged along the forward edge of each body piece so that the flap associated with it may be detached from the opposed body piece and secured to the forward edge of the body piece with which it is associated to form a pair of trouser legs.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

LAVVRENGE M. BRAINIE. 

